Desert Research Institute

Northern Nevada researchers have found that for people who suffer from asthma, wildfire smoke is more hazardous than other forms of air pollution.

Nevada’s Board of Regents on Thursday appointed Dr. Kumud Acharya as permanent president of the Desert Research Institute.

The Healthy Nevada Project is proving, once again, that Nevada can be a place of innovation and discovery.

Scientists are DRI are working with volunteers in Lake Tahoe to determine if clothing dryers are a source of microplastic pollution in the area.

A study by DRI finds that a new highway connecting Spanish Springs to the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and trim commute times.

Local research is contributing to other national efforts to determine how marijuana grow facilities may impact air quality. The Desert Research Institute and Washoe County Health District tested air quality in four Nevada and California grow facilities.

The Nevada System of Higher Education on Monday announced that Kristen Averyt resigned as president from the Desert Research Institute (DRI).

In a new study published in Remote Sensing of the Environment, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Desert Research Institute (DRI), the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and California State University described the first successful use of lidar to measure snow cover under forested canopy in the Sierra Nevada.

The University of Nevada, Reno’s (UNR) land grant status nearly took a major hit this past…

By Carla O’Day A tentative $43 million budget for next fiscal year was approved Wednesday by…